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Mali

...UN Security Council authorized the deployment of an international force, led by African troops, to help Mali reclaim the northern part of the country. Deployment of the UN-backed force, known as the
African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA), was not expected to occur until well into 2013.

...forces include the national police force, the republican guard, the militia, and gendarmerie units. Foreign troops—including French troops and those under the banner of the
African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA) and a UN peacekeeping operation, the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)—were present in Mali since 2013 to thwart...

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